Improvement in spinningxtops



O. RAETZ. Spinning-Top.

No. 202,118. Patented April 9,1878.

' struetedwit een PAT CHRISTOPHFEB RAETZ, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification forming part of Letters To'all ichoin'c 't may co'reern: w: Be it known that], Gnmsrorurnn Rmrz,

,oftthe cit-y'and county of SanFraneisco, and I State of California, have inventedaTopi;;:and-' I do hereby dcclare'the following to be a full, clear, and exact description tlnereofl-rei'ere ee:

bcin g had to the accompauyiugtdrawingsi My mventionrclates to certain improvemeats in'spinning-tops and their means of propulsion; and it consists in the use of a novel handle eontaininga-torsional actuating or propelling spring, andan aetuating-shat'teon l a notched end, so that it'may' be} temporarily connectedwith the corresponding end or stem of the top, together with a trig-v I "ger, which holds thespring or releascsfit,

when desired;

In" ,the "accompanying drawings, Figural: 1 shows the 'top and handle connected together. 1

Fig. 2 is a section showing the interior of the handle.

from its'upper end, so as to receive I The end ot'this tnbe'is made spiral, with an oll'set, so as to fit a corresponding notched pro ection or clutch, D, upen' the top, as shown. C he tube 0 dle through aplate, E, and its inner end fits over a pin to form a step, so that it may turn The spiral spring F, which surrounds the clutch-tube 0, has-once secured to the tube y passing through it or otherwise, while the other end is secured to t material of the audio surrounding the tube.

ThehendleGiemadeinthefoi-mof a to], and may have an imitation hammer. neath this handle informed-a trigger, H ,hav-

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tbelrod or extension I passing out through the plate E below the point where the tube 0 emerges, and sufficiently far to enter any one "(tithe-series of holes J which are made in the top. The rear end of this trigger is formed into- .01: operated by a spring, which tends to ag-force it forward, and when the top is connected the end of therod Iis forced into one of the holes ;,in the'top. The operation then will be as follows The top being placed in the proper pesition in contact. with the tube, thetrigger and drawn back, and the top turned around. ae-Tlie clutch-connection causes the tube 0 to turn until it has wound up the spring, when the "trigger is let go, and the rod I will enter one of *the holes J, thus sccuriug the top readyto be used. It is started by simply pulling the trigger int-he manner of firing a pistol, thus maksing a novel and pleasing toy.

The top will be disengaged from the clutch v v a by the momentum of the spring, and will thus j A}. is a-top,:having the tubular stem B pro ec mg I p and be steadied'bythe-rotating ub .0 in .the' handle.

be caused to spin upon any surface.

- Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters SPatent,"is-

The handle G, with its rotating clntch-tube 0 spring F, and trigger H I, in combination with the top A, with its stem B, and'provided with the clutching-shoulder D, the top having p forations J to reccive'the red I and retain the top, or allow it to be relcasemsnbstantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

. CHRISTOPHFER RAETZ. [L. s.]

Witnesses FRANK A. Baooxs,

Wanna 0. Baum. 

